Editors of the Journal


The Review has a UK-based editorial working group, supported by an international advisory group and by contributing editors from Africa, Europe and the Americas.

Editorial Working Group

Janet Bujra   Chair EWG
International Centre for Participation Studies, University of Bradford
Ray Bush   Deputy Chair EWG
School of Politics and International Studies. University of Leeds
Inst for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester
School of History and Cultures, University of Birmingham
Hannah Cross
Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds
Alastair Fraser   Web Editor
Dept of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge
Dept of Politics, University of Sheffield
Dept of Anthropology, University College London
Branwen Gruffydd Jones   Book Reviews Editor
Goldsmiths College, London
Department of History, University of Sheffield
Gary Littlejohn   Briefings Editor
Independent Researcher
Gabrielle Lynch   Editor
Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick
Claire Mercer    Editor
Dept of Geography and Environment, LSE
Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI
Matteo Rizzo
Department of Economics, School of Oriental and African Studies
Royal Holloway, London
Clare Smedley    Editorial Assistant
Colin Stoneman   Treasurer
York University & JSAS
School of Education and Social Science, University of Central Lancashire

Contributing Editors

University of Ottawa, Canada
Jimi Adesina
Rhodes University, South Africa
Centre for Constitutionalism and Demilitarisation, Nigeria
Simon Fraser University, Canada
Jonathan Barker
University of Toronto, Canada
Centre for Civil Society, South Africa
University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada
Chambi Chachage
Independent Researcher/Analyst, Tanzania
Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands
University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Third World Network, Accra, Ghana / Africa Editor
Kofi Annan International Centre for Peacekeeping, Ghana
Giuliano Martiniello
University of Leeds, UK
Tanzania Gender Networking Programme, Tanzania
University of Fort Hare, South Africa
African Institute for Agrarian Studies, Zimbabwe
University of Oxford, UK
Nordic Africa Institute, Sweden
University of East London, UK
Director, IKM Emergent programme, Germany
Danish Institute for International Studies, Denmark
Reem Saad
American University in Cairo, Egypt
University of Zimbabwe, Harare
University of Kurdistan-Hawler, Iraq
Northern Arizona University, USA
Royal Museum of Central Africa, Belgium

The International Advisory Board consists of Björn Beckman, Fantu Cheru, Lionel Cliffe, Jean Copans, Shubi Ishemo, Peter Lawrence, John Loxley, Mahmood Mamdani, John Markakis, Adebayo Olukoshi, John Saul, Issa Shivja, Morris Szeftel, and Gavin Williams.

We remember the following comrades who were closely involved with the journal: Chris Allen , A M Babu, Carolyn Baylies, Basil Davidson, Ruth First, Jitendra Mohan and Stephen Riley.